Elemental Studies Classroom

[Sυммer Rαιɴ || Wrιтιɴɢ ιѕ α cαllιɴɢ, ɴoт α cнoιce.]

[Mercedes]

Melody breathed a deep sigh as she walked through the halls of Yokai once again. This was her fifth year teaching at the academy and it always started the same for her: She'd walk down the hall, avoid the new students' wandering eyes, and approach her classroom door with a smile on her face. Her key ring jingled as she took it out of her pocket and she slid the key into its hole, turning the tumblers and stepping inside. Immediately, the stale smell of last years failed experiments stung her nose and her smile grew wider. Of course, she aced this class when she was in high school, but it was always interesting and maybe even fun to see which ones would pass with flying colors or float belly up by the end of the semester.

Melody pulled off her coat to reveal a flattering white button up blouse and a form fitting black pinstripe skirt. Her volcanic red hair was pulled up and out of her face in a high ponytail with only a few fly-aways framing her face. She draped her coat over the back of her chair and put her purse in a desk drawer.

Mel scanned her empty classroom and smiled widely before filling out her seating assignments, taking joy in learning the names of her new students. This year was going to be great.

[Sυммer Rαιɴ || Wrιтιɴɢ ιѕ α cαllιɴɢ, ɴoт α cнoιce.]

Felix had made a point to be early to all his classes. He had a perfect attendance at his old schools in the human world, so why not here? He got held up a bit in Monster History, but finally he reached the Elemental Studies classroom. Slipping inside with his small bag of teacher cookies in his hand, his big green eyes studied the empty room. Am I the first one here? He wondered, before his eyes fell on Melody. She'd been the teacher who'd sat in on the history class, since Elemental Studies didn't have a first period like most of the other classes. Somehow, seeing a familiar face calmed Felix.

Trying to smile and looking more miserable than happy, he shuffled towards her desk. Glancing up to check her name on the chalkboard, he spoke. "Hello, Professor Davidson." Being careful to adjust his hand so their hands wouldn't brush like he'd done with Markaus, he held out the bag of cookies. "I um... I made cookies for all the teachers. Yours are sugar cookies... Made with splenda, actually, because sugar is a gateway drug."

Let's just say, Felix didn't have a sweet tooth. He loved baking, he hated sugar. It destroys teeth, rots stomachs, makes people fat. It's addictive and used as an energy booster. All signs of drug to me. He reminded himself vaguely.

[Rose]

While Felix had been rambling on about his cookies, there was a sudden popping noise, like someone had thrown one of those little firework popper things. Star had missed her first class, having overslept, so taking the quickest possible travel...at least for her was to teleport. What she hadn't been expecting was standing on one of the desks when she had arrived"Oops....I really wasn't suppose to land on the desk"She said quickly, jumping off the desk.

Her violet eyes scanned the room, noticing how few people were here, only seeing Felix and the teacher"This is the correct class? Elemental studies right?"The witch asked, smoothing out her dress with gloved hands.

[Mercedes]

Melody looked up and smiled warmly at him, her eyes lighting up in delight, "Felix Donovan, correct? It's so nice to meet my first student this year." She took the little parcel of cookies from him and put them in her purse, "For safe keeping" ,she stated simply, "My son will steal all of them if they're not hidden. Thank you so much for going to the trouble of baking those!"

Looking down at her roster, Melody hummed to herself, finding his name in the seating chart, "Let's see...it seems that you've been spared this year; your seat is going be in the very back, left corner..." she trailed off, "But don't think that means you can be slacking off in my class" she added sternly. Looking around her room, it was colorful, but not in a childish way. It was appropriately colored for a high school classroom and the walls were plastered with posters and papers from emergency exits to some signs that said "NO FAIL ZONE".

Melody walked around her desk and perched herself on its edge, acknowledging Star's sudden appearance without a second thought, as if she didn't just appear out of thin air, "This would be it, hon. Your seat is right next to Felix here, back row, middle chair. She look back down at her list, marking down Star and waiting for the other students to start filing in.

[Sυммer Rαιɴ || Wrιтιɴɢ ιѕ α cαllιɴɢ, ɴoт α cнoιce.]

Felix smiled broadly at Melody. Huh. She has a son. Now, this is the kind of lady I wish was my mom. He thought briefly. She was very mom-like, after all. Glancing back to his desk, he was even more relieved. Felix liked being in the back. He liked answering questions but if he was in the back, he wouldn't be bothered by other students. "Thanks, professor." He was walking back to his desk when Star teleported in. Having never been around teleporting witches, Felix gave a yelp, jumping back so hard he almost fell down. His eyes widened as he looked at Star. "Haven't you heard of using the door?!" He exclaimed, putting a hand to his chest in an attempt to slow his heart beat. His tone was a bit more shrill than he would have liked, which also made him blush in embarrassment.

[Mercedes]

Melody nodded and smiled at Felix, looking up just in time to see the next student trudge through the threshold. "Ah, Miss Scorsone. Your seat is going to be the in the middle of the classroom, right there" she directed, pointing, "Don't look so down, my class is nothing to dread." Melody was strange in the way it seemed the smile never left her face. For those who knew her when she was a student, this was a very strange sight. Things had changed since then.

CJ dragged her feet across the floor an groaned inwardly when the professor informed her of her seat assignment. She hated being in the front. Although, there was a secret trick that most teachers fell for: if you looked attentive and "took notes" they would leave you alone. Little did she know that that crap was not going to cut it in Ms. Davidson's class. Melody had a teenager, she wasn't dumb. She knew all of those bullshit excuses for not doing work.

[Rose]

Star laughed"Well unless you'd rather me run in here late, no I haven't heard of using a door.Besides I was running late to school as it is."She smiled at Felix, before looking towards Melody"I'm guessing we have assigned seats then...?" She asked curious to where she would be sitting. I have a bad feeling I'm not going to do good in this class. Guess we'll have to wait and see. Frowning at the thought, she looked around the room, surprised to see it rather colorful for a classroom.

[Mercedes]

Melody quirked an eyebrow at her and sighed, "You're going to need to pay attention dear, it's essential for learning. I've told you your seat assignment: back row, middle chair." Melody's voice was stern, but not unkind. It seemed that she was the type of teacher that was kind to her students, so long as they met a certain criteria. Her requirements weren't unreasonable; all you had to do was pay attention, work hard, and absolutely DO NOT sass her. Melody was the sass queen back in her day, and that was a battle you definitely would not win or wouldn't want to try to get into. The three students she had so far were good, they showed promise. However, she knew that there would always be that group. The one group that only came into her class to mess around and ruin her day.

[Dae]

Aspen stumbled into class roughly a minute and a half after the bell, his lip split and bleeding, a bruise bright and clear on his jaw. He kept his head down and stumbled to his desk. He'd picked it out himself, right in the back, closest to the door. He sat down and set down his bag, glancing up at the professor and sighing. "I apologize for my tardiness, Ms. Davidson." He mumbled, wiping his lip and chin with his sleeve and grabbing a notebook and pencil to begin class, not looking up or speaking again, just like the good student his momma had taught him to be when he started school there.

[Mercedes]

Melody rolled her eyes and pushed herself up off of her desk. As she walked down the aisle, she was mumbling to herself about how 'that's not what she meant by being a good student'. Finally reaching his desk, she leaned down to Aspen's level, taking his chin and getting a good look at his face, trying to keep her concern concealed on her face.

"Aspen...are you ok ba-, are you ok?" she murmured cutting herself off, knowing he wouldn't like it if she called him by any nicknames used at home. Melody moved away and came back a moment later with a tissue, directing him to press it to his lip until the bleeding stopped. Heaving another heavy sigh, she moved back to the front of the class, smile returning once again, "Sorry about that. Welcome! My name is Professor Davidson, and I will be addressed only as Professor Davidson or Ms. Davidson, I don't prefer either and I respond to both. I'm not going to be that teacher and make you all introduce yourselves. Instead, how about we just jump right into it?" Melody took a stack of papers from her desk and handed them around to each student, "This is our syllabus for this year" she stated simply.

[Dae]

He tensed as she drew near, still refusing to look at her. HIs grip tightened on his pencil, and he snarled at her, which, at home, would've gotten him sent to his room with his tail between his legs. Not here, though. She had to be professional and shit. He snatched the tissue from her and pressed it to his lip, glaring at the ground. "I"m fine, Ms. Davidson. Please leave me alone now." He whispered. Once she returned to the front of the classroom, he groaned, letting his head fall to his desk with a quiet 'thunk', to hide from his peer's judgemental glances.

[Mercedes]

Melody ignored her son's attitude and continued on with her lecture. "First semester won't be so bad, we're going to be learning basic control of the elements, but second semester is application, and that is what might get some of you. Just make sure you pay attention and are actively participating in class. That's a sure fire way to receive my help. If you need an extension on a project, I'll give it to you, but I'll be monitoring each and every one of you, making sure that you are an active member of the class and not a bump on a log, capiche?"

Melody went into further detail on late assignments and spent a whole 15 minutes explaining her "no fail policy", making it abundantly clear that it was her mission to make sure every single one of them passed her class, mostly because if they didn't pass, she'd be the first one who's rear end they chewed out if the academy ended up in flames. Suddenly, the bell rang and she called out to her students as they left, "No homework n the first day, but tomorrow we're going right into our first lesson!" She stood by the door, saying farewell to each student as they left, except for Aspen. When he attempted to slip through the door, she grabbed his shoulder with a death grip and told him to sit; he'd just have to be late to his next class.

Melody sat back in her chair, taking a deep breath and letting it out slowly. She reached up and yanked the hair tie out of her mess of red hair, shaking it out to frame her face. Looking back up, she rested her now clouded sapphire gaze on her son, "Asp...what happened?" Her voice was calm, for now. One wrong move, though...

[Dae]

Aspen had almost made it out of the door before his mouther grabbed him and made him haul ass right back to his seat. With a soft sigh, he sat there, enviously watching all of the students leave before his gaze turned to his mother and her incessant mothering. He shifted uncomfortably, before flicking his gaze up to meet hers. "I got beat up." He replied shortly, glaring at the floor before standing up. "And now I'm going to class before I'm late. We can talk about this later, mom."

[Mercedes]

If looks could kill. Every instinct was telling Melody to go back and beat up who beat up her baby, but she refrained from doing so. Instead, she took a deep breath, and fixed him with he gaze once more. Her smile returned and her eyes were once again their original blue, "Ok. Please be careful. I'll see you after school Asp." She watched him leave and slumped down in her seat. The damn kids in this school just didn't know when to quit. It didn't matter what day of the week it was, someone was always picking on someone else.

[Ghost~still Luna~]

((Mind if I jump in here?))

[Sυммer Rαιɴ || Wrιтιɴɢ ιѕ α cαllιɴɢ, ɴoт α cнoιce.]

((Go ahead, Luna.))

[Ghost~still Luna~]

Mizore walked into the classroom a bit late as she hadn't exactly gotten used to the school's layout seeing as she was out for about a year.She then walked over to the teacher's desk and gave the teacher the late pass then made her way to an empty desk in the back of the classroom.Mizore then looked around the room after she sat down and pulled out her notebook and pen,she would then when the teacher wasn't looking would occasionally form a small piece of ice in her hand,she still had her lollipop in her mouth,warm climates weren't easy to deal with but Mizore had discovered how to make it tolerable.

[Mercedes]

Melody nodded a Mizore and marked her down as tardy, I hope this doesn't become a regular thing, Miss Mizore?" raising an eyebrow inquiringly. She didn't know this student, she didn't know any of her students, just by name. She hoped that none of her students would slack. She hated using her mean voice. Although, it did come out from time to time when in faculty meetings. Lord knows that was the only way to deal with the walking sexual harassment lawsuit that was Lust.

[Ghost~still Luna~]

Mizore smiled a friendly smile"It won't Professor Melody "She then got to writing the notes that were up on the board Melody was one of her favorite teachers and she was trying as hard as she could to pass the class,She always [aod very close attention to Melody's lessons.She also always made sure to turn her assignments in neatly and on time for Melody's class"Oh by the way,how are you today?"she asked her.

[Mercedes]

Melody nodded, ignoring her informality, "I'm well thank you for asking." A smile spread across her face. There was no way she could stay mad for very long. Mel approached Mizore and looked over her shoulder, glancing at the notes on her page, "You don't need to be so extensive. I only went over the syllabus today, so you didn't miss anything big" she stated, handing one of her brightly colored syllabi to the ice fairy, "Between you and I, as an elemental, I think you'll do well for yourself here. So long as you pay attention that is" she added before strolling back to her desk, black heels clicking on her tiled floor. Melody wished she could have carpet, but after what happened last year when someone set the carpet on fire, Headmaster Lucifer required all "science" classrooms to have flame retardant tile floors.

[Ghost~still Luna~]

Mizore smiled then she formed a little model of each element in ice but it was an ice crystal that never melted,she got up and carefully carried the little models to the teacher and she said softly"Professor?"

[Sυммer Rαιɴ || Wrιтιɴɢ ιѕ α cαllιɴɢ, ɴoт α cнoιce.]

((Like this but in a sketch with no color: (view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)] and then this one without color again in a sketch form: (view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)] and this one: (view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]))

Felix had no elemental power whatsoever, but he was usually a good student. However, unless you counted emotion as an element, he was pretty useless in this class. Sighing as he watched Melody praising Mizore, he opened his favorite leather bound notebook and began scribbling. Before he knew it, a familiar face was emerging on the page, with snow-white hair and beautiful eyes. Felix's expression drifted into a dreamy little smile he didn't even realize he had, as he fine-tuned the edges of the man's jawline. I wish I had a green pencil to do his eyes justice... Felix was absorbed in his task, so much so that when he finished that sketch, he started on a second. He even starting humming as he worked, and when he was done, he carefully wrote Markaus Volkrov under each sketch. He just started on a wolf sketch and had only gotten the head done when he realized class was almost over and he'd drowned most of it out of his thoughts.

[Grayson, Papa Gray]

(AW HE DREW PROFESSOR VOLKROV THAT'S SO CUTE)

[Sυммer Rαιɴ || Wrιтιɴɢ ιѕ α cαllιɴɢ, ɴoт α cнoιce.]

((XD YES!))

[Ghost~still Luna~]

(aww that's adorable!)

[Sυммer Rαιɴ || Wrιтιɴɢ ιѕ α cαllιɴɢ, ɴoт α cнoιce.]

((Ooh, Luna, do you want to have Mizore spot Felix's drawings and have them strike up a conversation?))

[Ghost~still Luna~]

((sure and I was just about to suggest that! Oh and Summer what should I do with Shikama? I mean I've been dying to rp her but not sure where or with who))

[Sυммer Rαιɴ || Wrιтιɴɢ ιѕ α cαllιɴɢ, ɴoт α cнoιce.]

((Maybe she could interrupt in the front office with Moka and the headmaster, Lucifer. Just let me post Moka one more time and maybe Shikama can barge in for some reason.))

[Ghost~still Luna~]

((okay and typing something up for mizore now :) ))

[Ghost~still Luna~]

Mizore as she passed Felix noticed his drawing so she stopped for a moment and said as she smiled a warm friendly smile"You're really good"she extended her hand to him "My name is Mizore Shirayuki and you are?"she said softly and politely.She then pulled up a chair next to his desk and sat down hoping he wasn't intruding.

(sorry if it's too short,couldn't think of how else for mizore to strike up a convo with felix)

[Sυммer Rαιɴ || Wrιтιɴɢ ιѕ α cαllιɴɢ, ɴoт α cнoιce.]

((It's fine. ^_^ ))

Felix had been so busy sketching the wolf head that he didn't notice Mizore until she spoke. Her voice made him jump, nerves on end, and he shut his notebook with a snap. Gazing quizzically at Mizore, he cautiously avoided taking her hand, crossing his arms. "I'm Felix. Felix Donovan." He paused, frowning, "Sorry... I'm not trying to be rude, it's just... I'm an Empath, so if I take your hand I'll get to know you way too fast through your emotions. I've already done it twice today and it's starting to give me a headache. Emotions are... complicated." He explained, knowing he probably sounded like a nut job.

[Ghost~still Luna~]

Mizore pulled her hand away"Don't be it's fine"she then asked him softly"may I ask what you were drawing?"she tilted her head slightly,She was actually a bit surprised he'd actually spoken to her"It is nice to meet you Felix-kun"she said trying to be friendly,she only hoped he wouldn't freak out on hr and think her weird"Oh and don't worry about sounding like nutjob,you should hear some of my other friends"she giggled for a moment.

[Sυммer Rαιɴ || Wrιтιɴɢ ιѕ α cαllιɴɢ, ɴoт α cнoιce.]

((So sorry this took so long)))

Felix tensed instantly, gripping his book a little tighter. His cheeks and the tips of his ears burned bright with blush. "Uh... nothing. I was just... doodling, is all." He mumbled, clearly embarrassed. Standing, he tucked the book into his bag, and paused at her nickname for him. Felix-kun? For a moment he stood blankly staring at her, trying to decide if he liked it or not. He didn't particularly care, indifferent to it, so he didn't say not to call him it... Or he wasn't going to, until he changed his mind. "Just Felix." He mumbled, gazing at Mizore. "Hey, what's your next class? Mine is a free period, and I was going to grab a bite of something to eat at the school cafeteria. Do you want to come along? If you're free, that is." I'm supposed to make friends so... I guess... Felix wasn't that social, but she was being nice, so he thought he could try to be nice too... right?

[Ghost~still Luna~]

Mizore smiled her warm friendly smile trying to get Felix to relax"I have a free period too so sure why not?"she laughed a little.She then got up"Maybe you could teach me to draw like that?"she smiled then she looked around noticing class was nearly over.Mizore stretched a bit then picked up her bag"Oh and I'd like to come along thank you for inviting me Felix"

[Ghost~still Luna~]

(umm where to now Summer?)

[Sυммer Rαιɴ || Wrιтιɴɢ ιѕ α cαllιɴɢ, ɴoт α cнoιce.]

((Sorry, I haven't had time to reply. I'll try to sometime today.))

[Ghost~still Luna~]

(it's all good and okay)

[Sυммer Rαιɴ || Wrιтιɴɢ ιѕ α cαllιɴɢ, ɴoт α cнoιce.]

Felix wasn't sure what to think about Mizore. She certainly was... friendly. And Felix didn't really do friendly. Yet, he didn't do mean, either. "Uh... maybe. I-I'm not really a good teacher." He stammered, rubbing his hand on the back of his neck nervously, cheeks flushed red with blush. He turned and led the way out of the classroom, heading for the cafeteria.

[Ghost~still Luna~]

Mizore smiled and followed him"that may be but it would be nice to have company around.."she laughed softly,she thought Felix was a nice guy and she thought maybe he could use a friend"Hey Felix-kun?"

[Sυммer Rαιɴ || Wrιтιɴɢ ιѕ α cαllιɴɢ, ɴoт α cнoιce.]

((I'll reply to that in the cafeteria))

[Grayson, Papa Gray]

((If only they knew the cafeteria is a little disheveled from a fight xD Felix can find Markaus's electric whip where he dropped it.))

[Ghost~still Luna~]

((oky and i'll reply soon as i can,i'm working on something and i love rping with you and the others summer!))

[Sυммer Rαιɴ || Wrιтιɴɢ ιѕ α cαllιɴɢ, ɴoт α cнoιce.]

((XD Oh nice. I'll have him do so. And thanks Shikama. ^_^ I'm glad.))

[Ghost~still Luna~]

(luna* my character is shikama)

[Sυммer Rαιɴ || Wrιтιɴɢ ιѕ α cαllιɴɢ, ɴoт α cнoιce.]

((Oops, yeah, sorry. I had Shikama on my mind.))

[Ghost~still Luna~]

(all good haha)